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Dog 3000
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Chrome worship
Jul 30, 2004, 19:00
Chrome to me is the very essence of "cyberpunk." Except they recorded their best albums in the late 70's, and the term wasn't coined until at least 10 years later . . . they don't use computers and aren't thought of as "electronic" (tho their 80's albums got closer to that) but there is something very tech-y about Chrome. A punk Kraftwerk with guitars?

And their first album was 1976, so they were even ahead of the "punk" curve. Not that they were ever punk in the "fashion" sense (following the crowd) -- but they have some of that ur-skank Stoogerock that Rocket from the Tombs also had. But they sang about robots and fucked with the tapes a lot.

"Half Machine Lip Moves" (c. 1978) -- total classic.
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